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Bennett Miller ("Moneyball") Storyline: Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt) reshapes his underfunded baseball team using untested statistical analysis. "One scene that is meaningful for me is the first big trade scene when Billy dumps some players to force the manager's hand to give this new system a fair trial and, in doing so, pushes himself further out on a limb. Jonah Hill's character, Pete Brand, tries to stop him and he thinks he understands why [Billy's] doing it. Brad Pitt slows the scene and says, What am I missing? It's the only time in the whole movie where Brad's character expresses what his stakes are and connects the two tracks of the movie. He puts it into perspective — I know what I'm doing and I'm a 44-year-old guy with a high school diploma and a daughter I'd like to be able to put through college. He knows full well that if this thing doesn't go through he'll lose everything he has ... the manner in which Brad handles it is so sophisticated, he doesn't permit an overly emotional, melodramatic treatment of the moment." —Geoff Boucher

Bennett Miller ("Moneyball") Storyline: Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt) reshapes his underfunded baseball team using untested statistical analysis. "One scene that is meaningful for me is the first big trade scene when Billy dumps some players to force the manager's hand to give this new system a fair trial and, in doing so, pushes himself further out on a limb. Jonah Hill's character, Pete Brand, tries to stop him and he thinks he understands why [Billy's] doing it. Brad Pitt slows the scene and says, What am I missing? It's the only time in the whole movie where Brad's character expresses what his stakes are and connects the two tracks of the movie. He puts it into perspective — I know what I'm doing and I'm a 44-year-old guy with a high school diploma and a daughter I'd like to be able to put through college. He knows full well that if this thing doesn't go through he'll lose everything he has ... the manner in which Brad handles it is so sophisticated, he doesn't permit an overly emotional, melodramatic treatment of the moment." —Geoff Boucher (Melinda Sue Gordon / Columbia Pictures)

Bennett Miller ("Moneyball") Storyline: Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt) reshapes his underfunded baseball team using untested statistical analysis. "One scene that is meaningful for me is the first big trade scene when Billy dumps some players to force the manager's hand to give this new system a fair trial and, in doing so, pushes himself further out on a limb. Jonah Hill's character, Pete Brand, tries to stop him and he thinks he understands why [Billy's] doing it. Brad Pitt slows the scene and says, What am I missing? It's the only time in the whole movie where Brad's character expresses what his stakes are and connects the two tracks of the movie. He puts it into perspective — I know what I'm doing and I'm a 44-year-old guy with a high school diploma and a daughter I'd like to be able to put through college. He knows full well that if this thing doesn't go through he'll lose everything he has ... the manner in which Brad handles it is so sophisticated, he doesn't permit an overly emotional, melodramatic treatment of the moment." —Geoff BoucherMelinda Sue Gordon / Columbia Pictures